third quarter 18th century
France
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumShagreen on wood; fittings of gold, porcelain, glass, and steel
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Size3 Г— 2 in. (7.6 Г— 5.1 cm)
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Geography details
France -
Country today
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Datethird quarter 18th century
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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This pocket nécessaire contains the following fittings for personal grooming: a patch box with mirror, tweezers, ear spoon, file, and two scent bottles with porcelain stoppers. It is part of a group of étuis and snuffboxes collected by the New York broker Valentine Alexander Blacque, who retired to Paris in the 1880s.